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frillsome

frillsome adjective: characterised or marked by frill(s).

Adjective

frillsome (comparative more frillsome, superlative most frillsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by frill(s)
    • And on the bed with its pretty eiderdown there was laid out my — that is her dress for to-night at dinner. A frillsome petticoat, a purple silk skirt (very full and looking short enough for a little girl) and a flesh-pink chiffon blouse, entirely transparent.1916, Berta Ruck, In Another Girl's Shoes
    • oh where is it now, that pink frillsome thing…2005, Annual Report 2004-05 - Allsorts Youth Project

Forms of frillsome

comparativemore frillsome
superlativemost frillsome

Origin of frillsome

From frill + -some.

Questions about frillsome

What does frillsome mean?
Frillsome means characterised or marked by frill(s).
What part of speech is frillsome?
Frillsome is an adjective.

Words near frillsome in the dictionary

  1. frillings
  2. frillless
  3. frillneck
  4. frillnecks
  5. frills
  6. frillsome
  7. frillwork
  8. frillwort
  9. frilly
  10. frilly lizard
  11. frilly lizards

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